Mountain Bee Market

07/08/2026

Mountain Bee Market’s little yellow truck full of sweet honey will be in the red zone this Friday 5-9 pm and Saturday 9-9 pm. The Appalachianhomesteader and I would love for you to come visit us and sample our NC mountain honey 🍯 🐝

Red zone, red zone, red zone...even more vendors for you to shop
• Alston's Chicken
• Lyndo's Snack Shack
• Gardner Bob
• The Nifty Little Thrifty Shop
• Melissa's Spare Time Crafts
• Roxy's Collectibles
• Wonky Sweets
• Sweet Mornings Farm
• Brews and Mews
• Moonrock Dispensary
• Two Brown Dogs
• Upstate Henna
• Jammin Jays
• Purple Lily Art Studio
• Blooms on 16
• Moonshine Mountain Soap
• Grandma Bobbie's Girls
• Build A Buddy
• Mountain Bee Market
• BH Livingood Photography
• M.R. Metal Works
• Greenweald Publishing
• Bumble Holler Farm
• Gloria's Party Helpers
• Patriot Jerky
• Carolina Scents
• Twisted Vine Winery
• Waya Trading Post
• Hatchet and Hew Woodcraft
• Stardust Cellars
• Appalachian DiviniTEA
• Rustic Designs 4U
• Sanctuary Jewelry
• Ricker Forge
• Crazy Lemon and Mini Donuts
• Silly Little Lemons Sensory Play
• Rolling Stone Mining
• Kona Ice

06/24/2026

Come join us at Bolick & Traditions Pottery this Saturday for Heritage Day! I’ve heard there’s going to be some great BBQ too!

10/18/2025

We are all set up and ready to see you at the Banner Elk Wooly Worm Festival! 🧡

10/10/2025

Saunder’s Old Country Store Apple Butter festival is this Saturday from 10 to 5, and I'd love for you to join us! Find the little yellow truck, grab a lawn chair, enjoy fresh apple butter, bluegrass music, mountain honey, and so much more.
🎵 🍎 🍁 🍯 🐝

10/10/2025

Come see Mountain Bee Market next weekend in Banner Elk 🐝 you can get tickets in advance using this link💛🤎💛

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/woolly-worm-festival-2025-tickets-1562826238349?aff=oddtdtcreator

10/01/2025

Mountain Bee Market will “bee 🐝” at:

The Apple Butter Festival at Saunders Old Country Store on Saturday, October 11th

The Banner Elk, NC - Woolly Worm Festival on October 18-19

Come see us and try some of our 🌶️
Hot Honey, 🍯 sweet Appalachian wildflower or sourwood honey, or try some delicious honey butters

08/18/2025

I came across this today—a close-up of a honey bee stinger!

🐝 A worker bee’s stinger is barbed. This means that when she stings, her stinger gets stuck in the skin, and she tears part of her abdomen trying to fly away—unfortunately, she dies afterward.

🐝Drones (male bees) cannot sting at all.

🐝Queen bees have smooth stingers, so they can sting multiple times. But queens rarely use their stingers on humans—they usually reserve them for fighting other queens to establish dominance in the hive. These battles can be lethal!

Honey bees are generally not aggressive. Their behavior often depends on how the hive is handled:
Rough handling, banging frames, or sudden movements can make bees defensive.
When checking your hive, always stay calm, slow, and steady in your movements to keep the bees relaxed.

07/06/2025

Come to The Blackberry Festival in downtown Lenoir on July 11 and 12. Enjoy sampling our Blue Ridge mountain honey, hot honey and honey butters, meet my Appalachianhomesteader, and we’ll be setup right beside ☀️ Boone Pottery Co’s beautiful pottery

05/17/2025

Save the date June 28th, 2025🐝 come see us at Heritage Day for beautiful pottery, crafts, and delicious Appalachian mountain honey

Save the date: June 28,2025. Annual wood fired kiln opening in beautiful . Part of the and . Everyday pottery by every day potters for 6 generations. #